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The gleaming carrier begins the last leg of its two-year renovation on Wednesday, the 63rd anniversary of D-Day, one of the most momentous events of World War II.

The Intrepid, launched in 1943, survived five Japanese kamikaze plane attacks and lost 270 crew members in the last two years of the Pacific war, spearheading the naval defeat of Japan. The Intrepid also served in the Korean and Vietnam wars and as a recovery ship for NASA astronauts.

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